Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms, on 18 May (Official Report, House of Commons, col. 1184W), what the location will be of the inquiry centres at Kings Lynn and Louth when the offices close; and what is the anticipated closure date of each.
Answer
In December 2008 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced its decision to vacate its office in Louth. The actual vacation date for the office is still to be set. A decision on the long-term location of the attached inquiry centre is also yet to be made but, as previously committed to, it will remain at or nearby its current location. Announcements in December 2008 also confirmed that HMRC's Vancouver House office in Kings Lynn, where the inquiry centre is located, would be retained.